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Toronto accueillera la 19e conférence biennale de l'ACSUS
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L'Association des études canadiennes aux États-Unis (ACSUS) (http://www.acsus.org/) se réunira à Toronto du 14 au 18 novembre 2007 pour sa 19e conférence biennale. La conférence offre une tribune aux universitaires et aux étudiants des États-Unis, du Canada et d'ailleurs pour présenter leurs recherches à leurs pairs, s'informer des faits nouveaux dans le domaine des études canadiennes et entendre d'éminents Canadiens discuter des relations Canada-États-Unis. Pour reconnaître l'occasion, l'ACSUS a adopté un thème spécial : Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Exemplar for the 21st Century pour établir le profil de la diversité, du dynamisme et de l'attitude progressiste du Canada et de ses villes et provinces.
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Dossiers
Un nouveau commandant pour la Force opérationnelle en Afghanistan
Mercredi 1er août 2007
Au cours d'une brève cérémonie tenue aujourd'hui à Kandahar, le Brigadier-général Guy Laroche a pris le commandement de la Force opérationnelle en Afghanistan. Il assure la relève du Major-général Tim Grant, qui quitte l'Afghanistan après avoir commandé la Force opérationnelle pendant neuf mois.
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Le Canada en faveur d'un engagement renouvelé envers les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement
Mardi 31 juillet 2007
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères et ministre de l'Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique, l'honorable Peter MacKay, et la ministre de la Coopération internationale et ministre de la Francophonie et des Langues officielles, l'honorable Josée Verner, ont annoncé aujourd'hui que le Canada soutient la déclaration du Royaume-Uni sur les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement.
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La Porte continentale et le Corridor de commerce Ontario-Québec
Lundi 30 juillet 2007
L'honorable Lawrence Cannon, ministre des Transports, de l'Infrastructure et des Collectivités, l'honorable Donna Cansfield, ministre des Transports de l'Ontario, et Mme Julie Boulet, ministre des Transports du Québec, ont annoncé aujourd'hui la signature d'un protocole d'entente sur le développement de la Porte continentale et du Corridor de commerce Ontario Québec.
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Inauguration du site commémoratif de la tragédie d'Air India à Vancouver
Vendredi 27 juillet 2007
L'honorable Stockwell Day, ministre de la Sécurité publique, l'honorable Gordon Campbell, premier ministre de la Colombie‑Britannique, Sam Sullivan, maire de Vancouver, et Ian Robertson, président de la Commission des parcs et des loisirs de Vancouver, ont pris part à la cérémonie d'inauguration du site commémoratif de la tragédie d'Air India à Vancouver. Ils étaient accompagnés du président de l'Association des familles des victimes d'Air India, Jayashree Thampi, ainsi que d'amis et de membres des familles des victimes pour procéder à l'inauguration du site aménagé au parc Stanley à la mémoire des personnes qui ont perdu la vie il y a 22 ans à bord du vol 182 d'Air India et lors de l'explosion d'une bombe apparentée à l'aéroport Narita, au Japon.
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Actualités internationales
Brain drain narrows as American influx to Canada hits 30-year high
Monday, July 30, 2007
Norma Greenaway, CanWest News Service
The number of Americans admitted to Canada last year hit a 30-year high, fuelling a pattern that suggests the drain of Canadian brains south of the border may be a shrinking phenomenon.
Read the full story
Bush expresses his thanks for Canada's efforts in Afghanistan
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Les Whittington, The Toronto Star
U.S. President George W. Bush expressed appreciation to Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday for Canada's efforts in the war in Afghanistan, the White House said.
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Harper repositionne le Canada en Amérique
Samedi 28 juillet
Gilles Toupin, La Presse
Le voyage de la semaine dernière en Colombie, au Chili, à la Barbade et en Haïti n'avait donc rien d'improvisé ou de fortuit. Ce périple lui a permis de donner le coup d'envoi au rengagement du Canada en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes, de reformuler en somme une politique étrangère déjà esquissée par son mentor, Brian Mulroney.
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Canada's first armed border guards graduate from weapons training
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail
The first of Canada's border guards to be authorized to carry weapons on the job graduated Friday after attending training in both Ottawa and Chilliwack, B.C.
Read the full story
Icebreaker-turned-laboratory begins 15-month Arctic voyage
Friday, July 27, 2007
Peggy Curran, CanWest News Service
More than 40 scientists from Canada, the U.S. and beyond — along with a 35-person crew and a smattering of journalists, teachers and observers — set sail yesterday on the 2007 ArcticNet Expedition, buoyed by International Polar Year research projects which over the next two years aim to broaden our understanding of this vast world which has been undergoing rapid and at times, startling changes as a result of global warming.
Read the full story
Bicyclists to retrace historic slave route to its Canadian end
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Harold McNeil, The Buffalo News
About 90 bicyclists from around North America were today headed from Buffalo to Owen Sound, Ont., on a parallel journey to discover both the freedom of the open road and one of the many roads to freedom traveled by black slaves over 150 years ago.
Read the full story
Affaires et commerce
Flaherty says economy withstands U.S. woes
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Reuters, Canada.com
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday the Canadian economy had seen little spillover from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and the downturn in the U.S. housing market.
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Canadian factories in a good mood
Friday, July 27, 2007
Reuters, CTV.ca
Canadian manufacturers remain optimistic about production and employment levels in the third quarter despite the strong Canadian dollar, according to a poll by Statistics Canada released on Friday.
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Troubled Retailer Gap Names New CEO
Friday, July 27, 2007
Associated Press, The New York Times
Struggling clothing retailer Gap Inc. is pinning its future to a veteran Canadian merchant from the retail worlds of drug stores, books and food.
Read the full story
Shell applies to build $27-billion oil sands plant
Monday, July 30, 2007
Norval Scott, Globe and Mail Update
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is planning construction on the largest oil sands upgrader to date, even as other firms delay or cancel their own projects in the face of spiralling costs.
Read the full story
Westward migration boosts economy by $2 billion
Friday, July 27, 2007
CTV.ca
Canada's economy received a huge boost last year due to high migration from the eastern to western provinces, according to a study.
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Shoppers fuel GDP increase in May
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Canadian Press, CTV.ca
Economic activity increased 0.3 per cent in May, after remaining essentially unchanged in April.
Read the full story
Soaring loonie drives Canadian shoppers south
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Patrick Brethour and Caroline Alphonso, The Globe and Mail
On a Monday morning, empty cardboard boxes for clothing are scattered around the parking lot of the sprawling Bellis Fair Mall, telltale signs of duty-dodging Canadians who flock to the bargain-packed shopping centre.
Read the full story
Actualités canadiennes
Canadian Pan-Am hero hauls in three gold medals
Monday, July 30, 2007
CTV.ca
Winning three gold medals at the Pan American Games has put a permanent smile on the face of Canada's most decorated athlete at the event.
Read the full story
Harper announces date for 2 Quebec byelections
Saturday, July 28, 2007
CBC News
Federal byelections will be held in the Quebec ridings of Outremont and Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot on Sept. 17, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Saturday.
Read the full story
Harper seeks job protection for reservists
Thursday, August 2, 2007
CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz Wednesday to add his province to the list of those providing job protection for Armed Forces reservists returning from tours of duty.
Read the full story
Ottawa to rebuild troubled reserve
Monday, July 30, 2007
Richard Brennan, The Toronto Star
Kashechewan, a remote reserve on the shore of James Bay, is getting a badly needed $200 million face-lift, Federal Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announced today.
Read the full story
Canadians choosing Internet over radio, TV
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
CTV.ca
Though Canadians now have more choices on TV and the radio than ever before, they appear to be watching and listening to those forms of traditional media in declining numbers.
Read the full story
Canuck winter know-how heads to Mars
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Lorrayne Anthony, Canadian Press
Given Canadians' obsession with the weather, it seems only fitting that Canada developed the technology that may explain why the fourth rock from the sun is so cold.
Read the full story
Opinions et éditoriaux
NewsCan: For July 27 - August 2, 2007
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Toronto to Host the 19th Biennial ACSUS Conference
The Connect2Canada Team
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) will meet in Toronto, November 14-18, 2007 for its 19th biennial conference. The conference provides a forum for scholars and students from throughout the United States, Canada, and the world to present their research to peers, to learn about new developments in Canadian studies, and to hear prominent Canadians discuss Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. To recognize the occasion, the ACSUS has adopted a special focus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Exemplar for the 21st Century, to profile the diversity, dynamism, and progressive attitude of Canada and its cities and provinces.
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Special Features
New Commander for Task Force Afghanistan
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
In a short ceremony held today in Kandahar, Brig.-Gen Guy Laroche assumed command of Task Force Afghanistan succeeding Maj.-Gen Tim Grant who departs Afghanistan after nine months in Command.
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Canada supports renewed commitment to Millennium Development Goals
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, today announced that Canada supports the United Kingdom's declaration on the Millennium Development Goals.
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The Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway and Trade Corridor
Monday, July 30, 2007
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Donna Cansfield, Ontario Minister of Transportation, and Ms. Julie Boulet, Quebec Minister of Transportation, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the development of the Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway and Trade Corridor.
Read the full story
Air India memorial unveiled in Vancouver
Friday, July 27, 2007
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia, Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Chair Ian Robertson participated in the unveiling of the Air India memorial in Vancouver. They were joined by Jayashree Thampi of the Air India Flight 182 Victims' Families, and the friends and families of victims, to dedicate a memorial in Stanley Park to the memory of those lost 22 years ago on the flight and in a related explosion at Japan's Narita Airport.
Read the full story
International News
Brain drain narrows as American influx to Canada hits 30-year high
Monday, July 30, 2007
Norma Greenaway, CanWest News Service
The number of Americans admitted to Canada last year hit a 30-year high, fuelling a pattern that suggests the drain of Canadian brains south of the border may be a shrinking phenomenon.
Read the full story
Bush expresses his thanks for Canada's efforts in Afghanistan
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Les Whittington, The Toronto Star
U.S. President George W. Bush expressed appreciation to Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday for Canada's efforts in the war in Afghanistan, the White House said.
Read the full story
Harper repositionne le Canada en Amérique
Samedi 28 juillet 2007
Gilles Toupin, La Presse
Le voyage de la semaine dernière en Colombie, au Chili, à la Barbade et en Haïti n'avait donc rien d'improvisé ou de fortuit. Ce périple lui a permis de donner le coup d'envoi au rengagement du Canada en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes, de reformuler en somme une politique étrangère déjà esquissée par son mentor, Brian Mulroney.
Lire en détail
Canada's first armed border guards graduate from weapons training
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail
The first of Canada's border guards to be authorized to carry weapons on the job graduated Friday after attending training in both Ottawa and Chilliwack, B.C.
Read the full story
Icebreaker-turned-laboratory begins 15-month Arctic voyage
Friday, July 27, 2007
Peggy Curran, CanWest News Service
More than 40 scientists from Canada, the U.S. and beyond — along with a 35-person crew and a smattering of journalists, teachers and observers — set sail yesterday on the 2007 ArcticNet Expedition, buoyed by International Polar Year research projects which over the next two years aim to broaden our understanding of this vast world which has been undergoing rapid and at times, startling changes as a result of global warming.
Read the full story
Bicyclists to retrace historic slave route to its Canadian end
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Harold McNeil, The Buffalo News
About 90 bicyclists from around North America were today headed from Buffalo to Owen Sound, Ont., on a parallel journey to discover both the freedom of the open road and one of the many roads to freedom traveled by black slaves over 150 years ago.
Read the full story
Business and Trade
Flaherty says economy withstands U.S. woes
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Reuters, Canada.com
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday the Canadian economy had seen little spillover from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and the downturn in the U.S. housing market.
Read the full story
Canadian factories in a good mood
Friday, July 27, 2007
Reuters, CTV.ca
Canadian manufacturers remain optimistic about production and employment levels in the third quarter despite the strong Canadian dollar, according to a poll by Statistics Canada released on Friday.
Read the full story
Troubled Retailer Gap Names New CEO
Friday, July 27, 2007
Associated Press, The New York Times
Struggling clothing retailer Gap Inc. is pinning its future to a veteran Canadian merchant from the retail worlds of drug stores, books and food.
Read the full story
Shell applies to build $27-billion oil sands plant
Monday, July 30, 2007
Norval Scott, Globe and Mail Update
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is planning construction on the largest oil sands upgrader to date, even as other firms delay or cancel their own projects in the face of spiralling costs.
Read the full story
Westward migration boosts economy by $2 billion
Friday, July 27, 2007
CTV.ca
Canada's economy received a huge boost last year due to high migration from the eastern to western provinces, according to a study.
Read the full story
Shoppers fuel GDP increase in May
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Canadian Press, CTV.ca
Economic activity increased 0.3 per cent in May, after remaining essentially unchanged in April.
Read the full story
Soaring loonie drives Canadian shoppers south
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Patrick Brethour and Caroline Alphonso, The Globe and Mail
On a Monday morning, empty cardboard boxes for clothing are scattered around the parking lot of the sprawling Bellis Fair Mall, telltale signs of duty-dodging Canadians who flock to the bargain-packed shopping centre.
Read the full story
Canadian News
Canadian Pan-Am hero hauls in three gold medals
Monday, July 30, 2007
CTV.ca
Winning three gold medals at the Pan American Games has put a permanent smile on the face of Canada's most decorated athlete at the event.
Read the full story
Harper announces date for 2 Quebec byelections
Saturday, July 28, 2007
CBC News
Federal byelections will be held in the Quebec ridings of Outremont and Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot on Sept. 17, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Saturday.
Read the full story
Harper seeks job protection for reservists
Thursday, August 2, 2007
CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz Wednesday to add his province to the list of those providing job protection for Armed Forces reservists returning from tours of duty.
Read the full story
Ottawa to rebuild troubled reserve
Monday, July 30, 2007
Richard Brennan, The Toronto Star
Kashechewan, a remote reserve on the shore of James Bay, is getting a badly needed $200 million face-lift, Federal Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announced today.
Read the full story
Canadians choosing Internet over radio, TV
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
CTV.ca
Though Canadians now have more choices on TV and the radio than ever before, they appear to be watching and listening to those forms of traditional media in declining numbers.
Read the full story
Canuck winter know-how heads to Mars
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Lorrayne Anthony, Canadian Press
Given Canadians' obsession with the weather, it seems only fitting that Canada developed the technology that may explain why the fourth rock from the sun is so cold.
Read the full story
Opinion/Editorial
Earl H. Fry: A tale of two countries
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Earl H. Fry, The Ottawa Citizen
Our economies are headed in different directions, but Canadians mustn't forget that their economic future is heavily dependent on the U.S.
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Bush might be happier if he watched Canadian TV
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Stephen J. Farnsworth Stuart Soroka and Lori Young, The Toronto Star
Surveys show considerable friction between U.S. President George Bush and Canadians over differences involving the occupation of Iraq, the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and tightening security along the U.S.-Canada border, but don't blame Canada's television news for the disagreements.
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The Brain Gain
Thursday, August 2, 2007
The Winnipeg Free Press
The brain-drain has been plugged. That might be the epilogue for all the hand-wringing in the last decade over the exodus of Canada's skilled and educated workforce. At least for now, more Canadians are preferring to stay home and a lot of Americans are coming north, according to immigration data from Canada and the United States. Like a lot of good things that have come to pass in this country of late, it is likely because of the economy.
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Ottawa's sell-off smart move
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Paul Berton, Sun Media
Government is in the business of governing. It has rarely shown any particular talent for business. That's why a plan to unload valuable taxpayer-owned real estate in major Canadian cities makes sense.
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